A ten-year-old boy died after an RTV rammed into him in Mahavir Enclave in south-west Delhi’s Palam area on Thursday. After the incident, the accused driver fled from the spot leaving his vehicle. locals present at the spot created ruckus and damaged the vehicle of the accused.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-West district, Surender Kumar, said the deceased has been identified as Krishna, who used to study in Class V in a Government school. Krishna’s mother Malti Devi is a housewife, while his father is a tractor driver.
“The offending vehicle of the accused has been seized,” said DCP Surender Kumar.
The DCP further stated that the incident took place at the Palam-Dabari road where the victim was present with his friends. At around 4.45 pm on Thursday, Krishna and his friends were about to cross a road when the RTV came in full speed and hit him. Krishna flew couple of metres away and started bleeding profusely and writhing in pain.
Meanwhile, sending trouble, the errant RTV driver fled from the spot.
locals gathered in huge numbers and started damaging the vehicle of the accused. Meanwhile, a call to the police was made and a team reached the spot and rushed him to the nearby hospital where doctors tried resuscitating him but in vain. He was declared dead later by the doctors.